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American astronaut John Glenn puts on space suit, prelaunch activities before the launch of “Friendship 7” in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Close up view of NASA engineer. NASA engineer peers through a periscope. A row of arclights ignite to light Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14. View of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, the launch site of Friendship 7 spacecraft. NASA engineers watch the launch from outside. Closeup of zipper on space suit closed after pressure suit fabric tucked inside. American astronaut John Glenn puts on his space helmet. View of scientist looking down as he helps John Glenn with his helmet. Scientist smokes a pipe. Scientist adjusts John Glenn’s spacesuit gloves. Scientist ties John Glenn’s glove laces. John Glenn closes his fist to make sure the gloves were securely tied. The scientist smiles. John Glenn, in his helmet, smiles back. John Glenn prepares for insertion by getting into his capsule couch mold.
Flight Controllers working at Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission Control Center before launching astronaut John Glenn on “Friendship 7”
View of Friendship 7 spacecraft orbital flight path on control center map. View of NASA flight controllers of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network at Cape Canaveral. Flight controllers are on their early generation computers (IBM 7090), making calculations and research vital to the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight. View of the board displaying the Friendship 7 flight path. Flight controller talks on headset, saying "roger CTC, Control Center is go."
Engineers and scientists in Station 2- Bermuda of the Mercury-Atlas 6 Network anticipate launch of “Friendship 7” in Cape Canaveral, Florida
View of Bermuda coast at sunrise, location of Station 2 of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. A scientist checks telemetry data coming from a teleprinter. View of stamping of document using automatic stamper, the scientist hands the printed data to a woman assistant. The woman assistant hands the document over to the tracking and telemetry control. Telemetry communicators speaks through microphone in headphones. Telemetry scientists and engineers work on computers in Station 2 of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. Telemetry scientist, wearing headphones, jots down notes. Telemetry engineer, wearing headphones with a built-in microphone, speaks, saying, “Displays and recorders have been calibrated.” The telemetry communicator inside the control acknowledges with a “Roger, thank you; flight, this is MNO” A telemetry communicator with a British accent radios his colleague.
USNS Rose Knot functioning as a telemetry station for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network off the coast of the Canary Islands in Africa
View of the antennas of USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14), operating as USAFS Rose Knot E-45-1850, a missile range instrumentation ship assigned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, to function as Station 3 telemetry station for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. View of bow of the USAFS Rose Knot E-45-1850 sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, communicating with American astronaut John Glenn on Friendship 7 and monitor its journey. Inside the engine room, a senior sailor operates the ships telegraph engine and speed control back and forth. A sailor seen at helm on the ship’s wheel. The older sailor speaks through an intercom with an Eastern European accent. Telemetry communicators aboard USAFS Rose Knot goes down a spiral stair and submits a paper to a colleague in the control room. The telemetry specialist, wearing headphones, reads the paper given to him by his colleague earlier.
Telemetry scientists from the world-wide Mercury-Atlas 6 Network prepare for astronaut John Glenn’s launch on “Friendship 7”
View of the sky. View of Station 5 telemetry station for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. Telemetry scientists in Kano communicating and processing data recorded from Kano and Zanzibar, relaying data to America through London. Telemetry communicators, wearing khaki shorts, stands up from sitting in front of the computer. Nigerian farmers walk in the fields outside Station 5 telemetry station. View of USNS Coastal Sentry (T-AGM-15) off the coast of Zanzibar. Sailor pushes a waveform monitor on a cart. Telemetry communicators working on their computers onboard USNS Coastal Sentry. View of the USNS Coastal Sentry as it sails in the sunset. View of telemetry scientist working in Station 8 in Muchea, near Perth, Western Australia. Two Station 8 staff working on telemetry data. A Station 8 staff lights and smokes a pipe.
American Astronaut John Glenn takes a NASA Astronaut transfer van and arrives in Mercury-Atlas 6 launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Close up view of John Glenn, wearing his spacesuit. Media reporters taking notes while they watch the astronaut information officer, who is announcing important information about the upcoming launch of Friendship 7. John Glenn, wearing his spacesuit, walking out of the hangar of Cape Canaveral, Florida and waves at military officers. John Glenn gives a short wave. Reporters observe John Glenn closely as he and an entourage of engineers board the NASA astronaut transfer van. NASA scientists and technicians, wearing white jumpsuits and work helmets, make final preparations for the launch of Friendship 7. Shadows of men against wall. View of Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral. Arclight on on Pad 14. View of Friendship 7 on Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral before launch. NASA astronaut transfer van, carrying John Glenn, approaching Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral before launch. Side view of John Glenn inside the NASA astronaut transfer van. View of NASA transfer van wall written with names of animal and human astronauts previously launched before John Glenn- Ham (the chimpanzee), (Alan) Shepard, (Virgil “Gus”) Grissom, and Enos (the chimpanzee). View of hardware inside NASA transfer van. View of NASA transfer van interior roof with “A. Shepard” stenciled. View of clock moving. View of John Glenn looking sideways. NASA transfer van with police escort entering Pad 14 before launch of Friendship 7. NASA scientists waiting for Friendship 7 to launch. NASA transfer van approaching Friendship 7. NASA staff near Pad 14 service tower. John Glenn waits inside NASA astronaut transfer van. NASA astronaut transfer van approaches near Friendship 7. NASA staff watches the launch preparation. John Glenn and entourage of scientists get off the NASA astronaut transfer van. John Glenn shakes hands with NASA employee before getting inside elevator of Pad 14 service tower. Elevator ascends the service tower of Pad 14. John Glenn and the NASA scientists inside elevator of service tower. NASA ground crew in service tower watch the elevator containing John Glenn ascend. A NASA scientist gives his colleague a pat on the back before he and his colleagues accompany John Glenn out of the elevator. Mcdonnell Aircraft Corp crew, wearing white jumpsuits assist John Glenn to enter the Friendship 7. Flag of the United States painted on Friendship 7. View of John Glenn’s eyes blinking. “United States” written on Friendship 7. View of John Glenn’s eyes before launch of friendship 7.
